Improvement in fences



www, PHOTLITHOGRAPr-IER, WASHINGTON D c Ctinrti tznee N medium JAMES. coMsTocK,"Y or GREENFIELD, INDIANA, v*Assenoa To'fHIMsELr AND JOHNA W, GOMSTOGK, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 107,879, dated October 4, 1870. Y

IMPROVEMENT IN FENcEs,

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part' ofthe same Tofall/:cham it 'may conce/rm I Be itknown that I, JAMES OOMSTQGK, of Greenfield, in the county of Hancock andtStatc of Indi` ana,have 'invented a new and useful Improvement in Fence; and I do herebyydeclare that the' followingiisa full,` clear, and,exactj description thereof, `whichwill enable others'skilled in theV art to .make

, anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part KAof thisxspeciicatiom My invention relates `to, changeable fences having First,.ina `panel, havingthe rails fastened to two Abroad posts, and extending to the middle thereofQ-but,

on reverse sides of the opposite'ends.

Secondfin the `arrangement'of' the tie-bar, key, and blocks. I;

Figurelfisla sideelevationj of my imprl'avedfence.A Figure 2 lis a 'transverse sectionof :the same, taken on the linezvx. I 1

Similar letters of lreferenceindicate corresponding parts. K,

`The panel Ajhas posts, B, attached to one side,

`and the posts D `of tlicipanel O are 'attached to the other side.r These' postsare'wide, and lap the boards of the'next panel as much as those to which they are attached', so that when the ends of the panels l meet they will stand facing each otherwith Athe boards meeting at the center between them.. l

Erepresent braces, one for-each post, notchedinto 'thei'n at the top, and `rest-ing on the ground on sills l thereon.l i i Y,

Each post is inclined from the `top downward inthe `directionotI `the panel, whose attached post-is on' thelopposite side of. the brace, andha tie-bar, F, is

connected near the bottom, and passes through the panel between the lower boards; also, through a block', G, `behindavhich it is secured by a'key, H, the block beingused merely for a seat for the key.

- Tbevbraces are arranged as to length, so as to support the fence above the ground, and these tie-bars clamp the whole togetherin such a manner that the 'greater the weight of .the fence is themore rmlyit will stand.

It will be vseen that this ,is a very simple construction ``or portable fences to be taken apart for removal, and that it'will be firm and secure when put up. I also place a block, K, in the space bet-Ween the upper longitudinal bars to prevent one from rising without the other, the said block extending across the joint `between the postsalso being nailedfast. v

Havin g thus describedmy invention, Y

I claim as new `and desire to secure by `Letters Patent- Y 1.. As an improvement in movable fences, a detachable panel, having the rails C attached and extend,- ing to theA middle of two broad posts B D, as shown and described.

2. The tie-bar F, blocks G, vand key Il, arranged and adjusted with respect to the panels and braces,

as shown and describe JAMES GOMSTOGK.

` H, C. CHAPMAN,

R. E. BARNETT. 

